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> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> Test Bench: Flash-based laptops
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>> | The Acer owes its speedy start in part to its Linux-based operating
>> | system, which is far more nimble than Windows. Of course, you won?t have
>> | access to Windows-compatible software,
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> You could if WINDUMMY software developers wrote their software to
> be WINE 1.0 compliant.
A lot of stuff, including Microsoft's own software, works well with Wine (even
the latest Photoshop). It has been years since I last experimented with Wine
though.
>> but the custom-built Linux
>> | interface is friendly and you get a full set of office, media and
>> | internet applications on its 8GB solid-state drive.
>> |
>> | [MacBook Air just 4/5.]
>> |
>> | ASUS EEEPC 901 £319
>> |
>> | START-UP TIME: 27SEC
>> | The Asus EeePC was the first, revolutionary solid-state, bargain
>> | basement laptop. This latest version is the most refined yet. Our review
>> | unit ran Windows XP and comes with Microsoft Works and StarOffice
>> | preinstalled. However, the version running Linux offers faster start-up
>> | speeds and speedier performance - the Intel Atom processor and 1GB of
>> | Ram frankly struggles with XP, although the 20GB of memory is generous.
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>> http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/personal_tech
> test_bench/article4315331.ece
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